A jury has found a woman and a man guilty of homicide in Alicante. The convicted individuals ended the life of the homeowner where the woman resided, with the intention of using the property and taking the legitimate owner's pension. After committing the crime, they dismembered the body and set it on fire to eliminate evidence.
The guilty verdict was delivered this Monday by seven votes to two, after more than seven hours of deliberation. The jury also determined that signs of violence were present on the body, such as fractured nasal bones, as detailed in forensic reports.
The events date back to June 2024, when the victim's body parts were found abandoned in a rural area of Alicante. The prosecution maintained that the two defendants planned the crime to seize the home and the pension.
Police were able to identify the deceased victim through fingerprint analysis, which initiated the investigation leading to the apprehension of the two defendants: the woman, who lived with and cared for the victim, and her partner, who also frequently visited the residence.
The prosecution sought a sentence of seventeen years in prison for each of the accused. The defense, however, argued that the death might have been due to a heart attack and that the defendants attempted to dispose of the body to avoid trouble, requesting acquittal.
